Symmetry Surgical 90-1008Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00887482128510), received between Feb 16, 2024 and Mar 10, 2024 — classified as 2 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionMar 10, 2024Loss of or Failure to Bond; Loss of or Failure to Bond

  DEVICE BROKE DURING A PROCEDURE WHILE INSIDE THE TROCAR.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18872156 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 16, 2024Break; Break

  PER THE COMPLAINANT, "I WAS THE OBGYN FACULTY ON THIS CASE. IT WAS A ROBOTIC ASSISTED HYSTERECTOMY FOR FIBROIDS AND THIS 5MM LAPAROSCOPIC TENACULUM WAS PLACED THRU AN 8MM PORT WITH THE TEETH CLOSED TO RETRACT DOWN BY THE CERVIX. WHILE IT INITIALLY OPENED TO GRASP THE CERVICAL TISSUE, IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO STAY CLOSED ENOUGH TO APPLY ANY TRACTION TO THE TISSUE. AS SUCH, WE RELEASED THE CERVICAL TISSUE TO REMOVE THE DEVICE . THEN THE TENACULUM WOULD NOT CLOSE AS IF SOMETHING WAS JAMMED, KEEPING US FROM BEING ABLE TO CLOSE IT FROM THE EXTERNAL HANDLE. I WAS NOT ABLE TO MANUALLY CLOSE THE TENACULUM TEETH WITH A LAPAROSCOPIC GRASPER. UNDER ROBOTIC VISUALIZATION AS THE ROBOTIC CAMERA WAS STILL DOCKED, THE JAMMED OPEN TENACULUM WAS THEN BROUGHT TO THE 8MM PORT, GENTLE TRACTION WAS APPLIED AND THE TEETH CLOSED AND THE TENACULUM WAS REMOVED. WHILE DIRECTLY WATCHING THE PORT DURING THE REMOVAL PROCESS, THIS SMALL THIN PLATE FELL OUT OF THE PORT AND IT WAS IMMEDIATELY RETRIEVED. NO OTHER PIECES WERE SEEN. INSPECTION OF THE INSTRUMENT AND COMPARISON TO AN INTACT 5MM LSC TENACULUM APPEARS TO US THAT ONLY THAT 1 PIECE WAS MISSING."

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18727304 ↗